Uterine artery

Looks like

A coiled artery the width of a match, crossing the pelvis to the side of the cervix and climbing the womb.

What it does

Feeds the womb, and grows enormously to feed a pregnancy.

Keeping it well

Nothing routine; it is deliberately blocked to shrink fibroids or to stop bleeding after birth.

Related conditions

• Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)